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day. 2.5 billion internet users, a billion on face the period, national security agency, which you had, possibly at about the conversation in chatter stopped the next 9/11? >> they have to be at the top of their game. it's not that the signals are not there or will not be there. it's separated from the background noise. it's really, really hard. >> are a receiver, vastly safer come about the same that we were prior to 9/11? >> significantly safer because we've taken the fight to the enemy and significantly disrupted their ability to us harm. the difference between then and now as we've taken the fight. we have kicked the ball downfield. we are kicking the ball in their net. there is first metaphor tonight.
day. 2.5 billion internet users, a billion on face the period, national security agency, which you had, possibly at about the conversation in chatter stopped the next 9/11? >> they have to be at the top of their game. it's not that the signals are not there or will not be there. it's separated from the background noise. it's really, really hard. >> are a receiver, vastly safer come about the same that we were prior to 9/11? >> significantly safer because we've taken the fight...
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security for this country. it will give you some idea about the direction of one of the, what i would call the big five agencies that we have that are every day right now at 24 hours a day, seven days a week from some 142 countries around the world, of approximately 17,000 people coming in now, doing the nation's business. we have some extra neri and talented men and women out there. i will talk a little bit about that. first, thank you very much. wanted thank you for that great in kind of interaction. wanted thank these two and a staff that is here at pets these things on. it is an important endeavor that we keep doing this. the history of world politics in your personal dedication tustin this annual lecture is a testament to the commitment to train in a generation of critical thinkers and the professionals in this from a recognized the value of studying history when confronting modern issues of national security and world politics. as early as 1932, there was a book called the great pacific war which begins w
security for this country. it will give you some idea about the direction of one of the, what i would call the big five agencies that we have that are every day right now at 24 hours a day, seven days a week from some 142 countries around the world, of approximately 17,000 people coming in now, doing the nation's business. we have some extra neri and talented men and women out there. i will talk a little bit about that. first, thank you very much. wanted thank you for that great in kind of...
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and as i mentioned, i served as a vision accounts of the national security agency. it is an extraordinary agency and it is an agency that is committed. and i think using director comey's words, obsessed with compliance. they have a chief compliance officer for every general counsel's office. the leadership on down reiterates and reinforces the importance of compliance with the law and the civil liberties and privacy of americans. they follow the law when it comes to the collection and information involving u.s. persons. they do not indiscriminately collect information around the world. they serve to protect americans lives. and that's what i saw when i served there. >> all right, thank you. let's turn to the issue of dirty bombs, devices that could be used with ecological mature. could sicken a lot of people, could cause significant psychological and really economic damage on a community. the nuclear regulatory commission, the department of energy's, i think it national nuclear security administration, i believe they are responsible for the security of radiological
and as i mentioned, i served as a vision accounts of the national security agency. it is an extraordinary agency and it is an agency that is committed. and i think using director comey's words, obsessed with compliance. they have a chief compliance officer for every general counsel's office. the leadership on down reiterates and reinforces the importance of compliance with the law and the civil liberties and privacy of americans. they follow the law when it comes to the collection and...
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we had to have a discussion about what national security means. do we all feel safer so they can blow up the world. we have a new national security, which includes the fake making sure everybody in this country have good quality food, making sure people have a job and living faith communities, that they have access to good education. those are the sources of our strength. when you listen to the debates in congress, you'd think none of that matters. i want a military second to none. don't get me wrong. the sources of our strength are also in his other things that we are not quite demand. we will not be an economic superpower if we don't invest in research, scientific research. if we don't keep infrastructure as modern as it can be, we will discern economic edge. my constituent seiyu osama bin laden rather going to come through the front door? what they lose sleep over is whether they'll have jobs and next day. whether or not they'll have their mortgage. those are the things people give him security and lead a new definition. we've tried not definit
we had to have a discussion about what national security means. do we all feel safer so they can blow up the world. we have a new national security, which includes the fake making sure everybody in this country have good quality food, making sure people have a job and living faith communities, that they have access to good education. those are the sources of our strength. when you listen to the debates in congress, you'd think none of that matters. i want a military second to none. don't get me...
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chairman and the committee, that it's an issue that is part of what we think about every day at the national counterterrorism center. and i know it's true there my experience at the other places identify corked including the national security agency and the department of justice. particularly to where i am now at the national counterterrorism center, we are charged with the responsibility of preventing terrorist attacks. we do that by integrating and analyzing information. we understand that we need to have access to a lot of information, government-collected information, in order to do that, in order to analyze that information, look for particular threads, look for threats, share that information again with agencies like the fbi and others who can act upon it, but we also understand that in so doing, in handling that information we are responsible for being stewards of that information and that we are enthe trusted by the americn people with protecting it. and it's part of training, part of everything we do in terms of having access to the information that we understand the laws and polici
chairman and the committee, that it's an issue that is part of what we think about every day at the national counterterrorism center. and i know it's true there my experience at the other places identify corked including the national security agency and the department of justice. particularly to where i am now at the national counterterrorism center, we are charged with the responsibility of preventing terrorist attacks. we do that by integrating and analyzing information. we understand that we...
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of course the senate will be voting on the nomination of john brennan, the deputy national security advisor, to be the director of the central intelligence agency. i voted in favor of mr. brennan during tuesday's intelligence committee meeting and i intend to vote for mr. brennan on the floor. virtually every member of the intelligence committee now in my view believes that mr. been bren has substantial national security expertise and experience and it's certainly my hope that he will be a principled and effective leader that the c.i.a. needs and deserves. and i think senator paul and i agree that this nomination also provides a very important opportunity for the united states senate to consider the government's rules and policies on the targeted killings of americans and that, of course, has been a central pillar of our nation's counter terror strategy. for several years now, mr. president, i and colleagues, senator paul as well, have been seeking to get more information about the executive branch's rules for conducting targeted killings of americans, and i'm pleased that after considerabl
of course the senate will be voting on the nomination of john brennan, the deputy national security advisor, to be the director of the central intelligence agency. i voted in favor of mr. brennan during tuesday's intelligence committee meeting and i intend to vote for mr. brennan on the floor. virtually every member of the intelligence committee now in my view believes that mr. been bren has substantial national security expertise and experience and it's certainly my hope that he will be a...
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and advice on intelligence matters to the president, his national security team, and this congress. throughout the past three decades, mr. brennan has observed every aspect of intelligence from analysis to collection to covert action, from inside government and the private sector, and from both the intelligence and policy sides. i actually don't believe that there is anyone that's more qualified to take over the c.i.a. than john brennan. so he cannot be denied, in my view, on the basis of qualification. and i think even those who oppose his nomination recognize that there is no question but that he is well qualified. from the time he walks into the c.i.a., he will be ready to go, up to speed on the numerous threats and challenges this country faces all over the globe. madam president, let me speak for a moment why that's important and why it's so important that we move to confirm john brennan. the director of the c.i.a. leads the most diverse and clandestine intelligence agency, the only agency to conduct covert action, the largest all-source analytic work force, and he sets in the
and advice on intelligence matters to the president, his national security team, and this congress. throughout the past three decades, mr. brennan has observed every aspect of intelligence from analysis to collection to covert action, from inside government and the private sector, and from both the intelligence and policy sides. i actually don't believe that there is anyone that's more qualified to take over the c.i.a. than john brennan. so he cannot be denied, in my view, on the basis of...
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costing our nation billions of dollars every day and diverting federal agencies, including our critical national labs, like los alamos and sandia, from their important national security missions. wall treat is on edge. main -- wall street is on edge. main street is on edge. families are worried. communities suffer. and there is another cost -- the paralysis of government sends a terrible message, a terrible message of failure and dysfunction. what's next? the debt ceiling. holding the credit of the united states of america hostage for political gain. instead of serious debate, we have ultimatums. instead of regular order, we have midnight shutdowns. instead of compromise, we have all or nothing, take it or leave it. my friend in new mexico, master sergeant jesse bacca, summed it up well in an interview with kob-tv back home. he said, "i'm not angry, i'm frustrated because of the way we've always been taught to work to get things done. you work together and that just doesn't seem to happen. settle your differences." jesse's right, we need to start working together. we have not done tha
costing our nation billions of dollars every day and diverting federal agencies, including our critical national labs, like los alamos and sandia, from their important national security missions. wall treat is on edge. main -- wall street is on edge. main street is on edge. families are worried. communities suffer. and there is another cost -- the paralysis of government sends a terrible message, a terrible message of failure and dysfunction. what's next? the debt ceiling. holding the credit of...